Revealed: Woman knifed to loss of life in crashed Lexus was a mum-of-three

A girl who was discovered knifed to loss of life in a crashed automobile close to her £2.5million mansion was a mother-of-three who would ‘do something’ for her kids, MailOnline can reveal.

Maya Bracken, 56, was tragically discovered useless inside a Lexus within the sleepy rural village of Pangbourne in Berkshire, at about 5.45pm yesterday.

Just minutes later, an 18-year-old man was killed by a prepare close to Pangbourne in what police are describing as a ‘linked’ tragedy. 

Ms Bracken’s seven-bedroom indifferent home on Flowers Hill – which she had moved into after lately splitting from her husband – is being searched by officers as a part of a homicide probe. 

A buddy of Maya Bracken, who requested to not be named, advised MailOnline at present: ‘Maya was a beautiful woman, so type and beneficiant to folks. She doted on all her kids. She had twins, a boy and a woman, and one other son. She’d do something for them.

‘They all spent Christmas and New Year collectively as a household. What’s occurred is horrific and so sudden.

‘She was from Indonesia initially however met her husband, Michael, in Hong Kong. He labored within the banking sector I consider.

‘It was Michael who challenge managed constructing the home in Pangbourne. I’m unsure he ever lived there, although, as he and Maya break up quickly after the home was completed.

‘She lived there along with her three kids and was fairly a non-public woman. l consider they had been boarders at a public college and the twins had gone to school.’

Ms Bracken had uploaded a beaming selfie inside her home on January 2, three days earlier than her loss of life. A buddy had commented: ‘Looking beautiful as at all times.’

Officers had been first known as to a reported street site visitors collision involving a automobile on the A340 Tidmarsh Road on the junction with Flower’s Hill at round 5.45pm on Thursday. 

Within the automobile, police mentioned a 56-year-old lady had suffered a deadly stab wound and died on the scene regardless of receiving medical consideration. 

Shortly after, at round 6.15pm, Thames Valley Police and British Transport Police officers had been known as to a loss of life on the railway monitor close to Pangbourne – the place an 18-year-old man died on the scene. 

Neither sufferer has been formally recognized however the subsequent of kin for each have been knowledgeable and specifically educated officers are supporting them. 

Neighbours within the space – identified domestically as ‘millionaires’ row’ – have revealed their shock at what occurred, with one describing the scene as police gathered on the scene as ‘like a horror film’.

There was a palpable sense of astonishment and grief among the many close by residents, who described Ms Bracken as a ‘beautiful’ lady who ‘stored herself to herself.’

One neighbour, who lives on Flowers Hill and who requested to not be named, mentioned of the lady: ‘She had been dwelling there for a number of years. She break up up from her husband and has a giant home.’

He added: ‘Last evening there was a variety of kerfuffle down there. I took the canines out for a stroll and could not get via. What has occurred is horrible.’

Peter Burton, one other native resident to Flowers Hill, mentioned: ‘We did not see or hear something till we heard the helicopters above.’

An aged lady who requested to not be named, mentioned: ‘I discover it astonishing.’ Another neighbour mentioned the lady lived on the mansion along with her grownup kids.

One was reported as saying: ‘It’s horrible, I can not consider what occurred. We rushed out to assist however the police had been already right here after which ambulances arrived.

‘We had been advised to go residence they usually cordoned all of it off.’

Another resident mentioned: ‘I’d at all times wave over once I walked previous, she is a beautiful lady.

‘When we noticed all of the police final evening it was like a horror film scene… they had been working round far and wide.

‘And then we heard one other individual had died on the prepare station. It’s stunning for our little quiet village. So uncommon.’

Local residents mentioned that they had rushed to assist the lady within the automobile however she died on the scene.

Senior Investigating Officer Detective Superintendent Kevin Brown, Head of the Major Crime Unit, mentioned: ‘We have launched a homicide investigation after the loss of life of a girl close to Flower’s Hill, Pangbourne, and the related discovery of a deceased man at Pangbourne railway station.’ 

Police aren’t on the lookout for anybody else in reference to the incidents. 

Mr Brown added: ‘Firstly, I wish to ship my condolences on behalf of the drive to family members of each at this extraordinarily tough time.

‘We are within the very early phases of this complicated investigation, however we’re not at present on the lookout for anybody else in reference to both loss of life.

‘We are nonetheless investigating however are treating the 2 deaths as linked; we’re holding an open thoughts as to the circumstances of every. There is not any wider risk to the general public from these unhappy and tragic incidents.’ 

Villagers in Pangbourne have been left in shock by tragic occasions that started yesterday. 

Forensic investigators additionally recovered a black-handled kitchen knife near the prepare station at Pangbourne as a part of the continuing probe into the 2 deaths. 

A criminal offense scene investigator in a white go well with entered a substation, reverse the Aston Martin dealership on Station Road, at round 11.30am at present to {photograph} and gather the blade.

The electrical energy firm had been additionally in attendance, and are thought to have turned off the ability to permit police protected entry. The space was cordoned off and watched over by two officers.

The knife was then positioned right into a knife tube and an proof bag.

Officers, regarded as a part of a specialist search group, attended the placement after leaving the Flowers Hill property a short while prior.

One onlooker close to the station mentioned on Friday: ‘There was a police presence right here in a single day after the unhappy incident on the railway. Now they’ve taped it off and are taking pictures of a knife within the substation.

‘Trains aren’t stopping at Pangbourne at present so I’m guessing for this reason. It’s very worrying if it is linked to that poor lady’s loss of life.’

Police mentioned: ‘After preliminary important disturbance to the roads and railway community each scenes have been launched and regular transport preparations for each have resumed. I wish to say thanks to these affected on your endurance.

‘Members of the general public are more likely to see an elevated police presence whereas we proceed to research and we might advise anybody with any issues to please converse to certainly one of our uniformed officers.’

A British Transport Police spokesman beforehand mentioned: ‘Officers had been known as to the road close to Pangbourne railway station at 6.11pm yesterday (4 January) to studies of a casualty on the tracks.

‘Paramedics additionally attended and an individual was pronounced useless on the scene.

‘British Transport Police are working carefully with Thames Valley Police to ascertain the circumstances main as much as their loss of life.’